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Great post and so inspiring for us all. I hope that newbies will see that they

too can 'get' IE!! Thanks so much for sharing that :)

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning:

>

> Good morning all,

>

> I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I

discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and

the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal

because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about

my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my

appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and

immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6

p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm

> asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to

me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat

when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me

if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She

looks at me funny and then changes the subject!:)

>

> Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer

throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the

menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars

right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not

hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're

getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it

> enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not.

So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused

on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food.

AMAZING!

>

> I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey.

Anyone else want to share some of yours?

>

> Latoya

> Practicing IE since Jan '08

>

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Hey Latoya!

Great post! You took such good care of yourself!

I've been paying close attention to how I take care of myself lately. I was

that jolly fat person that let everybody walk all over her and then shoveled

food in my face before I felt anything.

So lately, I've been a royal bitch! Hahahahaha! I'm not saying this is the way

I want to be - but the point is that I'm noticing a change in myself and it

feels sooooooooooooooooo good! I love being able to stand up for myself and I

especially love " allowing " others to take responsibility for their " selves "

especially when I used to take on their crap too.

Deb

>

> I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning:

>

> Good morning all,

>

> I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I

discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and

the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal

because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about

my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my

appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and

immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6

p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm

> asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to

me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat

when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me

if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She

looks at me funny and then changes the subject!:)

>

> Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer

throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the

menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars

right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not

hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're

getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it

> enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not.

So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused

on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food.

AMAZING!

>

> I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey.

Anyone else want to share some of yours?

>

> Latoya

> Practicing IE since Jan '08

>

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Oooh, I love this post. It immediately reminded me of that book title, Nice

Girls Finish Fat. lol

KT

> >

> > I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning:

> >

> > Good morning all,

> >

> > I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I

discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and

the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal

because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about

my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my

appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and

immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6

p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm

> > asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next

to me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat

when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me

if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She

looks at me funny and then changes the subject!:)

> >

> > Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root

beer throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked

up the menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5

dollars right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm

not hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're

getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it

> > enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not.

So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused

on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food.

AMAZING!

> >

> > I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE

journey. Anyone else want to share some of yours?

> >

> > Latoya

> > Practicing IE since Jan '08

> >

>

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Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to

do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long

way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational :)

>

> I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning:

>

> Good morning all,

>

> I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I

discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and

the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal

because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about

my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my

appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and

immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6

p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm

> asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to

me about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat

when I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me

if I did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She

looks at me funny and then changes the subject!:)

>

> Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer

throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the

menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars

right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not

hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're

getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it

> enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not.

So, I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused

on the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food.

AMAZING!

>

> I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey.

Anyone else want to share some of yours?

>

> Latoya

> Practicing IE since Jan '08

>

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I was somewhat skeptical when I read in both Intuitive Eating and When Women

Stop Hating Their Bodies that I could look forward to one day only feeling

compelled to eat when I'm hungry. That idea sounded strange and lofty to me.

However, I was willing to commit to the process, which is one of the most sane

and holistic frameworks that I had ever read.

I know that dominantly responding to my non-hunger/emotional needs with other

means besides food is possible now...because I am having more and more

experiences of this after practicing IE for 1 year and 7 months now.

The process will never be perfect of course. Everyone at one point has eaten

when they were not hungry...and that's ok. However, I realized that I was way

too dependent on using food to soothe myself...eating was my dominant

self-soothing mechanism.

Self-nurturing is much more effective when we respond to true biological hunger

with food and self-soothe emotional and physiological hunger/discomfort with

other skills. It does take consistent practice of the IE principles to

transition from dominantly using food to employing other options. So, I see

myself shifting from using food like 98% of the time to self soothe to using

food like 2% of the time to self-soothe...and that's AMAZING. And, even that 2%

of food use will be mindful. I will learn from it and be gentle with myself. I

am just happy to report that practicing IE can work magic!

Latoya

..

>

> Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to

do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long

way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational :)

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Rock on!

> >

> > Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able

to do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long

way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational :)

>

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Fantastic! You have made peace with food!

Subject: Re: Amazing Feats!?To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 3:02 PM

Rock on!> >> > Wow that is so cool! I cannot wait until I get to the point where I am able to do something like that. I'm getting closer every day, but I still have a long way to go! Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspirational :)>

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